(Photo: courtesy of RCMP NB)
Tensions continue to brew at the border with New Brunswick as a protest is carried out over the latest round of travel restrictions with that province.
The border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is blocked due to a protest of recent Covid-19 border restrictions.
— RCMP New Brunswick (@RCMPNB) June 23, 2021
RCMP from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are on scene. Traffic is being detoured and reports to our newsroom state there are long delays.
A Nova Scotia Tory MLA who is leading the charge for Premier Iain Rankin to remove New Brunswick COVID-19 restrictions is hoping to meet with the Premier this morning.
Cumberland North MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin called the restrictions a slap in the face for her constituents
In a Facebook post, Smith-McCrossin says she will be travelling to Halifax this morning to request an in-person meeting with Premier Rankin on behalf of the people of Cumberland North and everyone who is affected by the Premier’s last minute changes.
A blockade on a section of Highway 104 was set up in protest of the border restrictions between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Big rig trucks, cars and several dozen people shut down the road in Cumberland County.
An email from Nova Scotia RCMP at around 11:30 last night stated that Highway 104 at the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border was closed in both the East and West bound lanes due to a protest of recent Covid-19 border restrictions.
RCMP units from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are on scene.
The new restrictions state anyone travelling from New Brunswick can enter for any reason but will have isolation requirements based on their vaccination status and testing.
That includes Nova Scotians returning from New Brunswick.
Their isolation requirements are:
— people who have had two doses of vaccine at least 14 days before arriving in Nova Scotia must self-isolate until they receive a negative test result in Nova Scotia
— people who have had one dose of vaccine at least 14 days before arriving in Nova Scotia must self-isolate for at least seven days and cannot leave isolation until they get two negative tests results while in Nova Scotia; tests should be on day one or two and on day five or six
— people who have not had any vaccine and those who had a first dose within 14 days of arrival must isolate for 14 days; testing at the beginning and end of their isolation continues to be recommended
(With files from Steve MacArthur)
